mikeansy: He has not played a competitive match for man city

All he has done is pre season

thegoodjoehunt3: Before Messi played a competitive game for Barcelona, the board and coaches knew they had a future star.

The Man City executives have high hopes for him. So the pressure will be heavy on him to meet their expectation. Same with Brahim Abdelkader seen as the new Messi. He is young but the club has high expectation.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/manchester-city-sign-the-new-lionel-messi-brahim-abdelkader-and-in-doing-so-put-one-over-barcelona-8983567.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr_LJdcKZOk

mikeansy:

Even the young kids in Iheanacho's former academy are under one type of pressure or the other. Thats life

but what the cartoon may be suggesting is that because Iheanacho has played in pre-season for Man City he is now ready to be a super eagles regular

I believe the boy should be allowed to mature. Let him in his group focus on youth football and then aim to represent Nigeria at the Olympics in 2016 then we can start talking of Super Eagles

it will be just wrong for Nigeria to rush this boy into Super Eagles

Messi with all his potential did not play Germany 2006; he led Argentina to Beinjing 2008 and then was involved in the 2010 world cup campaign for Argentina

naijanoni:
Get ur facts right.
At d age of 19,Messi featured at the 2006 world cup and even scored a goal.He even made his senior national team debut in 2005 at d age of 18.
In between that world cup and d olympic games,he also featured for d senior national team several times.
He didnt have to go through U-20 to U-23 before he could feature for the senior national team.
He played for the senior national team as well as the youth teams then.
Just like Musa who played several times for the senior national team before featuring at the U/20 WC.
I dont buy the idea of going through all the youth stages(U-17,U-20,U-23) before featuring for d senior team.
At least 19yrs is an okay age to feature for d senior national team especially when we badly need a player like him in d S.E.
Omeruo and onazi were 19 when they made their S.E debuts in 2012,Musa was 18 when he made his S.E debut(even before the U/20 WC).They didnt have to play for the U/23s first.
And these players aren't even half as talented as Iheanacho.
Also Most of the players we took to d beijing 2008 olympic games had already featured for d senior national team already.
AFCON next year might be too early but immediately after d U/20 WC,he should be integrated to d senior national team ASAP.
Even presently he is far better than most of d midfielders we took 2 d WC.
If you're good enough,you are old enough.

wordychap:

Besides, Nacho's real age is BTW 27-32, he doesn't v too many football yrs left!

mikeansy:

Even the young kids in Iheanacho's former academy are under one type of pressure or the other. Thats life

but what the cartoon may be suggesting is that because Iheanacho has played in pre-season for Man City he is now ready to be a super eagles regular

I believe the boy should be allowed to mature. Let him in his group focus on youth football and then aim to represent Nigeria at the Olympics in 2016 then we can start talking of Super Eagles

it will be just wrong for Nigeria to rush this boy into Super Eagles

Messi with all his potential did not play Germany 2006; he led Argentina to Beinjing 2008 and then was involved in the 2010 world cup campaign for Argentina

wordychap:

Besides, Nacho's real age is BTW 27-32, he doesn't v too many football yrs left!

wordychap:

Besides, Nacho's real age is BTW 27-32, he doesn't v too many football yrs left!

naijanoni:
Like seriously ?.You look at iheanacho and say he is between 27-32 ?.Bros abeg make una dey use una common sense.Is that how 30yr olds look ?.I havent seen a 30 yr old man that is as physically immature as iheanacho.
Only a dumb person would look at iheanacho and think he is up to 30.Except you're just joking.

thegoodjoehunt3: If Nacho is 27 years old, that means he was 23-24 years old playing in the NFF Under 13 in 2010-2011.

Lie Small Small.

wordychap:
Men I like Nacho more than u do but there's something we can't disprove, that Nigerians field over aged players in age grade football. Do some survey if u have d time, pick any U17 player n dig into his true age - primary schl etc. You'll b amazed at ur discovery. A friend played U 17 when he was 28 n he looked d youngest in that squad; not kidding. Besides, it was under 13 in 2009.

Pic of 17 indeed

wordychap:
Personally know some athletes within that age range with same physical build and they're Nigerians!

thegoodjoehunt3: Explain to me how a player of 27-30 years old beat the MRI scan?

Go and read on the science behind it and go about peddling your fictional facts.

thegoodjoehunt3: How does that picture show Iheancho is Older than 17? You must be kidding. I am asking you, how does a 24 years old man play in an under 13 team? It is not true.

You have no proof of Nacho being overage, why push it?

Lie Small Small.

wordychap:
I probably know more about MRI scan BC I work with it. Believe this; MRI scans of younger boys were presented as d MRI scans of our under 17 boys in one of d sets I was involved in. Telling u inside info, d scans were conducted in a hospital at Abj( wouldn't disclose) - some of the reasons I so distrust our govt. age grade policies, they set this thing up n still break them to probably prove to d world they're honest.

thegoodjoehunt3: This is the bloodiest lie ever.

How come Maduabuchi Obinwa who would have been key to that team. One of the most promising teenage defenders in the World fail the test? Why not use a younger boys scan?

How come Bulbwa who was one of the star players of the team fail the test?

You got to be kidding me.

wordychap:
What I'm telling u is d truth of what happened some years back, a colleague personally did d MRI scans, I'm not trying to underplay Nacho's talents, all I'm saying is he's OF AGE to play for d super eagles. Note that MRI scans to determine age checks for fusion/ossification of bones around d wrist ( mainly) which occurs within a certain age RANGE, its not so accurate n besides data used for comparism were generated from Caucasian research not Africans and most times there are differences in research findings between d whites n 'African' blacks race. This is my field bro, there're other regions that can be scanned to narrow down to greater accuracy d age of athletes but there's d argument of how ethically right MRI should be used for age determination in sports which stalls it. In Africans that I know of, many above 20 yr old do not have epiphyseal fusion whereas u can get d fusion in pple of lesser age in d western world's -diet and general wellbeing seems to play a part; they seem to mature earlier. The moral here is we should do more to desist from age grade cheat, it comes back to us some how. If Nigeria truly fields Under 17 players they'll really look so young; you'll see them in secondary schools mainly, I know doing this we may not do so well in this competitions but in d long run it'll pay us. Ghana used a purported U 22 team n almost took a nations cup, that was their TRUE national team. Let's give d young ones d chance n they'll perform. Nacho is of National team age.

wordychap:
What I'm telling u is d truth of what happened some years back, a colleague personally did d MRI scans, I'm not trying to underplay Nacho's talents, all I'm saying is he's OF AGE to play for d super eagles. Note that MRI scans to determine age checks for fusion/ossification of bones around d wrist ( mainly) which occurs within a certain age RANGE, its not so accurate n besides data used for comparism were generated from Caucasian research not Africans and most times there are differences in research findings between d whites n 'African' blacks race. This is my field bro, there're other regions that can be scanned to narrow down to greater accuracy d age of athletes but there's d argument of how ethically right MRI should be used for age determination in sports which stalls it. In Africans that I know of, many above 20 yr old do not have epiphyseal fusion whereas u can get d fusion in pple of lesser age in d western world's -diet and general wellbeing seems to play a part; they seem to mature earlier. The moral here is we should do more to desist from age grade cheat, it comes back to us some how. If Nigeria truly fields Under 17 players they'll really look so young; you'll see them in secondary schools mainly, I know doing this we may not do so well in this competitions but in d long run it'll pay us. Ghana used a purported U 22 team n almost took a nations cup, that was their TRUE national team. Let's give d young ones d chance n they'll perform. Nacho is of National team age.

wordychap:
What I'm telling u is d truth of what happened some years back, a colleague personally did d MRI scans, I'm not trying to underplay Nacho's talents, all I'm saying is he's OF AGE to play for d super eagles. Note that MRI scans to determine age checks for fusion/ossification of bones around d wrist ( mainly) which occurs within a certain age RANGE, its not so accurate n besides data used for comparism were generated from Caucasian research not Africans and most times there are differences in research findings between d whites n 'African' blacks race. This is my field bro, there're other regions that can be scanned to narrow down to greater accuracy d age of athletes but there's d argument of how ethically right MRI should be used for age determination in sports which stalls it. In Africans that I know of, many above 20 yr old do not have epiphyseal fusion whereas u can get d fusion in pple of lesser age in d western world's -diet and general wellbeing seems to play a part; they seem to mature earlier. The moral here is we should do more to desist from age grade cheat, it comes back to us some how. If Nigeria truly fields Under 17 players they'll really look so young; you'll see them in secondary schools mainly, I know doing this we may not do so well in this competitions but in d long run it'll pay us. Ghana used a purported U 22 team n almost took a nations cup, that was their TRUE national team. Let's give d young ones d chance n they'll perform. Nacho is of National team age.

wordychap:

If u can get me his pic when he was 'picked in 2008' as Under 13 of d 2009 batch I'll tell u how old he was then

thegoodjoehunt3:

You said the results were switched. That is a lie. If it was so, Abuchi Obinwa and Bulbwa's results would have been fixed..

tbaba1234:

https://www.nairaland.com/1516409/iheanacho-ezeh-obasi-baba-nigerian

Iheanacho with under 13s in 2010

wordychap:
Thanks for d pic.
Trying to spot kelechi though
but these look 13/14?